Top gear is back  2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
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Agreed. I thought it good and will get better Robin
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I thought it very similar to the "old" Top Gear with Clarkson & Co. Only the faces have been changed to protect the innocent!!!!

Old Jock 2018 (MY19) Jaguar F-Pace R-Sport 300PS Petrol in Caesium Blue with many bells and whistles.
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I'm away from the UK and am out of touch with TV, who are the presenters for this season? 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Matt LeBlank is joined by Rory Reid and Chris Harris.

This link might give you a flavour if your ship's connections are good enough to pull it in
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/03/05/t...rand-tour/
Robin Robin
2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8
Gone:
Jaguar S-Type V8 4.2 Sport
MGZTT 190 2.5

Nope, still not there. Trying to copy the old trio, but not working. '08 RRS TDV8
I converted my diesel RRS to run on an environmentally friendly mixture of caribou fat and baby seals oil

Apart from Matt LeBlanc, they haven't got the personality for it, leaving him with no-one to 'bounce' off. I recorded it, and mostly watched it on fast forward.

flydive wrote:

Nope, still not there. Trying to copy the old trio, but not working.

Gents, I have been a favourite for the old Top Gear boys and still watch all the reruns on Dave, I have watched The Grand Tour and found mainly very good but some parts not. I refused to watch the new Top Gear purely as I'm not a fan of Chris Evans and maybe being a bit childish was hoping it would fail and it did. Would it be worth my while watching the new set up or would it be just a waste of time

chris evans did at least bring a little bit of charisma, definitely lacking in all 3 now.

Each to his own but I thought it was entertaining (my wife thought it was rubbish). It also needs time to bed in as its not perfect. I'm sure the first ever Clarkson Top Gear wasn't totally accepted straight away. I do get the feeling with the Grand Tour, that they're trying a bit too hard, and again I think that will settle down in time. Robin
2008 Range Rover Sport TDV8
Gone:
Jaguar S-Type V8 4.2 Sport
MGZTT 190 2.5

Most car enthusiasts had some empathy with the old Top Gear presenters - "three blokes down the pub".

This almost certainly cannot be recreated by the current team particularly as one is an American who looks more at home in the sports bar than the public bar.

I didn't think that the chit chat looked natural and unscripted and I didn't really enjoy the program which has clearly been designed with a view to international sales. Regards

Malcolm

Another good episode, thought the Alfa looked crap but went well. The America drive  2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
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Good show tonight, enjoyed it.
Weirdly, I thought the Alfa looks great, funny how tastes differ. Completely unique.
I've owned a few Alfas and never thought I'd own another again but I'd buy one of those in a heartbeat, if I had a spare £60 grand.
As opposed to the M3, it'll depreciate like a stone so maybe I'll wait a couple of years

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Don't know, the team interaction is just not there.

Alfa segment ok, American segment ok, good scenery, but again no feeling in the team, Leblanc is not really in.

Studio segment, just no, way slooow. '08 RRS TDV8
I converted my diesel RRS to run on an environmentally friendly mixture of caribou fat and baby seals oil